Nut lock



March 10, 1925. 1,529,564

s. H. VINNER NUT LOCK Fild March 1 8, 1924 1 l1 7 W gram Roz Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

SAM H. VINNER, OF BILLINGS, MONTANA.

. NUT LOCK.

Application filed March 18, 192 Serial No. 700,l56.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAM H. VINNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Billings, in thecounty of Yellowstone and State of Montana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Nut Locks,

I of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to nut locks and aims to provide a device of this nature having a simple and efficient construction, one which is reliable, easyto manipulate, comparatively inexpensive to manufacture, and well adapted to the purpose forwhich it is designed.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a nut lock which will take the place of the ordinary type using a cotter pin allowing the lock to be quickly handled.

jects in view as will appear as the description progresses, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and in the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a bolt and nut showing my lock associated therewith,

Figure 2 is a section therethrough,

Figure 3 is an elevation thereof,

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the lock,

Figure 5 is a section showing a modified form of the lock, and I 35 Figure 6 is a detail perspective of the modified form of the lock.

Referring to the drawing in detail it will be seen that the bolt 1 is provided with an end slot 2 in which is pivoted a locking member 3. The nut 4 is provided with a series of dovetailed notches 5 on its upper or outer face that is the bottoms of these notches are wider than the tops. The lock 3 shown in Figures 1 to 41; inclusive is formed of spring sheet metal and is substantially U-shaped in cross section the body 6 thereof being provided with registering apertures 7 for receiving a pin 8 spanning an intermediate portion of the slot 2 so as to pivotally mount the lock. An arm 9 extends from With the above and numerous other obr'msar ass-1.

the body and is constructed with the two i normally diverging lips 10. As the lock is pivoted so that the arm enters :one of the notches 5 the lipslO may be pressed toward each other so that they. may enter the top of the notches and by the use of a hanimer or any other handy too] this arm may be then given a blow' so that the lips may be posi-F tioned substantially as shown in Figure 3 thus preventing accidental displacement of the look from the notch in which it is posi tioned. A series of recesses 12 one registering with each notch 5 allows the body 3 of the lockto rotate freely. In Figures 5 and 6 the lock 3 includes a body 4 of solid construction having the arm 5 also of solid construction extending therefrom. The body 4 is provided with the aperture 7 so that the pin 8 may pass therethorugh for pivotally. mounting the look within the slot 2.

Although I have described my inventiop with a certain. degree ofparticularity, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the details of construction and in the combi-, nation and arrangement of parts maybe resorted to without departing from thespirit of the invention hereinafter claimed or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Havmg thus described my invention, what I claim as new s: V

i. In combination, a

bolt provided with an end slot, a lock pivotally mounted in said slot, said lock including a substantially U- shaped formation having a body and an arm extended therefrom, said arm being formed with a pair of diverging lips, and a nut threaded on the bolt and provided on its outer face with a series of notchesof dovetailed formation for the reception of the arm of the look so that. the lips thereofwill hold the arm in the notch in which it is 190- sitioned so as to prevent accidental dis placement thereof. v v

2. In combination, a bolt provided with an end slot, a lock pivotally mounted in said slot, said lock including a substantially U5, shaped formation having a body and an arm extended therefrom, said armbeingiformed with a pair of diverging lips, a nut threaded on the bolt and provided on its outer face With a series of notches of dovetailed formation for the reception of the arm of the look so that the lips thereof will hold the arm in the notch in which it is positioned so as to prevent accidental displacement thereof, the interior of said nut provided with recesses one registering With each notch for allovving the body of the lock to pivot freely.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature 10 in presence of two witnesses.

SAM H. VINNER.

Witnesses:

GUY C. DERBY, CoRL. W. THonELL." 

